I love these ideas.  I always fail when I try to give up sugar as it’s an all or nothing deal to me.  If I break down and eat some sugar I throw in the towel and eat every sweet thing I can find.  And forget the whole thing for months.  I really like the one about only eating sugar if it’s something I’ve made.  I can make sure everything is full of healthy ingredients and not too much sugar.

I find this method to be attainable and sustainable. It takes some experimenting to find the plan that works best for you, but when you find it you’re good to go!

I am almost two weeks into being sugar free. My trigger foods are anything containing sugar. Once I eat a trigger food I almost can’t stop myself from binging. I quit sugar once years ago and the benefits were phenomenal. I had quit for several months and relapsed. How long should I be sugar free before I allow myself to indulge only on holidays?

At least one year. Allowing yourself to indulge on the holidays is a good way to stop being sweet. However, make sure you know on which holidays you’ll allow yourself sweets or else you could find yourself bingeing on President’s Day, Groundhog Day, and national anything day.

Thanks. I really appreciate your advice.

“Eat sweets only when you’ve been offered and the date is an odd number”. lol dude you’re hilarious. I can just imagine myself rejecting a sweet: “No thanks, today’s the 14th. Offer it to me tomorrow and i’ll eat it.”

Thanks for the list though! It’s really really helpful, David. I read Sugar Blues by William Dufty and excerpts of Lick The Sugar Habit by Nancy Appleton and sufficiently scared myself to want to quit sugar… and guess what? I just ate three rolls of sticky white rice cooked in coconut milk and sugar. Yum. I mean, oops.
Your website is really a valuable resource! And thanks for that cocaine picture. I’m gonna try telling myself every time I see something sugar-laden that it’s cocaine-laden.

Glad you like it. Remember, today is the 1st!

Well, today I failed again in my quest to be sugar free. Five sodas, a Hershey bar, a bag of m& M’s,  a bag of Trail Mix - nuts and chocolate and another search on Google for how to quit sugar. Your site gives me hope

Mark, it happens! Just start pick up where you left off. Remember, quitting sugar is not all or nothing.

This site is phenomenal, I JUST decided to give up sweets and I am happy to report I am 36 hours “sober”, I feel incredibly tired and a little dizzy so I did some searching and found you, I will be reading just about everything!

Hi Julia. Welcome!

hey guys im Sonia and these last few months i accepted the fact that i am and addict to sweet. and i really want to stop. i will try one Idea and stick to it….i am so happy im not the only one…(=b

Hi Sonia!

Wow, did I ever need to find this sight. I have went off sugar before and LOVED my life without it. However, people seem to think I am crazy and then I start to believe them and then I cave. I have tried to be clean again, but am having a hard time. Thanks for all of these ideas.

Good luck, Sherry!

I’m on the begging of my “journey” and this site is helping me so much. Everyday I find good information on how to stop being sweet.
It is hard though… Last week I stayed away from sugar for 4 days and on the 5th day I failed. I felt terribly weak and guilty after but got back to it the next day.
This week’s challenge to “avoid sugar” is helping me.
Thanks David one more time for creating this, it feels good to know I’m not alone in this journey
God bless you always!

Hi Raquel. You’re doing great! You lasted four days. Last four days at a time for a month and then go five days at a time. Then six. Etc.

Hi David
Thansks a lot again for your support!
I have a question. Today I ate a chocolate spread sweetened with sucralose and conclude it is a trigger food for me, just like the regular Nutella. The best thing is to avoid it, right?
I hope to last 7 days this week, up for the week chalenge
God bless u for everything you are doing in this community!

Yes. If you can’t control it, avoid it.

Hi,
I just had a baby jan 5, 2011. I am a nursing mom, and use the excuse that I need more calories than before. The problem is I am going to stop nursing sometime and If I don’t get this surgar addiction under control I am going to gain a ton of weight.
I am even to the point that I will skip dinner or lunch to eat something sweet.  Even if I am full I will still eat sweet food.
I diffently need help, I hope this information helps

Hi Sherrie. Congrats on your baby! And congrats because you’ve now begun to get your sugar addiction under control.

Hey, love your site.  I have recently been trying to give up sugar and processed foods and it is definitely a struggle.  Eating with friends seems to be my biggest downfall.  Had been clean for 3 weeks and then had a little tumble off the wagon this week with multiple snickerdoodle cookies (heaven!!) and feel terrible about it.  But thanks for the encouragement, I will just start right back where I left off and move on.

That’s how we roll Britney! Just pick up and keep going.

I have found the 2 bite rule to be my best friend with sweets.
when offered something you can simply say yes (and “perhaps a small slice please”).
then proceed to thoughtfully enjoy the first bite-while also anticipating the joy of a second bite.
Don’t eat the rest.
I might add the if alcohol has been a part of the event it is more difficult to
abstain from devouring the whole darn thing-thus asking for a small piece insures a lesser debauchery if you fail to abstain.